45.1 Miles Travelled -April 30 TH, 2011 – Today would be our last day in South Carolina, our journey today would take us to Southport, NC. We have always bypassed Southport and this time we decided we’d like to stop and visit the town. It was a beautif…
St. Augustine Inlet – Old Fashioned Navigation
The inlet for Saint Augustine, Florida has a well deserved negative reputation. Shallow, shifting sandbars, lots of current, and occasional strong onshore winds can make for a wicked brew. The detail on the entrance above, or rather lack thereof, is an obvious caution indicator.
We are now in the habit of checking new destinations with Google […]
Morehead City day 2
Dinner last night at Floyd’s was wonderful – we had their flash-fried oysters, one of the few exceptions we make to eating fried foods. Sherri had the Ahi tuna with collard greens and grits – the greens were fresh and sweet. This is really a great co…
Replaced pictures
We are leaving Treasure Cay in about thirty minutes headed for NIPPERS on Great Guiana Cay. I replaced the pictures on the last blog that were missing. Check them out.I will try to find time to blog at one of our next stops if we have Internet.The GYPS…
Merhaba
Merhaba from Gocek Turkey,We stayed last night in Kekova and had a wonderful time. The Ancient Lycian Tombs are so amazing. We set anchor about one hundred yards from shore. The shore line was littered with huge Sarcophagi. We walked among them and too…
Daytona Beach, FL – 5/25/11
Our final day in Daytona Beach was spent getting things ready for moving on tomorrow. The three guys made final arrangements at the harbor office to leave including a pump out. then we made our customary stop at West Marine before returning to the boat…
ENVOY CRUISES TO ALICATI
As I write this we’re cruising 40NM from the Samos Strait to Alicati, near Cesme. 40 miles in one day is a bit longer than our usual routine, and takes us about seven hours, but with Envoy on autopilot there’s nothing we need to do except keep a lo…
May 25, 2011
Hello, you all! Here I am once again playing catch up. The blog serves as a journal for us, so I hope you don’t mind if I ramble on… The cruising saga continues…
Leaving the Cattle Pen Creek, we waited for a huge Ferry bound fo…
Racor Air Cleaner Vacuum Gauge
A couple of years ago we fitted these vacuum gauges to our Racor air cleaners on our little diesels. They give an indication when it is time to clean or change the air intake filters.
It has been 1200 hours since we cleaned these. The vacuum gauges were not showing much of a pressure drop, but […]
Time to pull the boat – Days 232 to 234 – Charleston to Georgetown,SC
We departed at 9:46 AM for the 65 mile trip to Georgetown. Our route took us past the battery then northeast along the main channel where we turned north on the ICW just before Fort Sumpter.View of the Battery and antebellum homes along East Bay …
